The abortion rights controversy in America
Subtitle: a legal reader
By: edited by N.E.H. Hull, Williamjames Hoffer, and Peter Charles Hoffer.
Contributors: Hull, N. E. H., 1949-; Hoffer, William James.; Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States
Description: "Beginning with the introduction of abortion law in the nineteenth century, this reader includes important documents from nearly two hundred years of debate over abortion. These legal briefs, oral arguments, court opinions, newspaper reports, opinion pieces, and contemporary essays are introduced with headnotes that place them in historical context." "This collection brings together the writings of doctors, lawyers, scientists, philosophers, elected officials, judges, and scholars as few other legal readers do, and it is essential reading for those engaged in the ongoing debate about abortion law in the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-343).
Table of contents: title: Abortion becomes a crime; title: Birth control and the abortion law reform movement; title: The "right" to an abortion; title: Roe v. Wade before the high court; title: Regulating and funding abortions; title: Nineteen eighty-nine : a year of decision; title: Regulation and controversy in the post-Webster era; title: Freedom of speech versus free access to clinics.